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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Woot! I got my Class - A MA Firearms License!!

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Got it just the other day after a LONG 14 week wait to see if i was approved!

Im so stoked!! No restrictions to boot! ^_^

Now the fun begins and a LOT more learning too.

I Think ive decided on one (more than likely definite) model id like to go for as my first handgun too. ( But do have a few other models in mind)

I may go with a Beretta Cheetah 84FS .380 ( 10 Rounds ) as my definite.

Its a purdy gun looks wise ( not my deciding factor ) , but i read a TON of reviews ( good and bad and mixed) and a lot of people say they really love the gun and how it shoots, and that its also pretty good for personal defense.

BUT

I may be looking into the Walther PPK's (.380's) Theyre nice and small and fit well in my hands!!!(massive plus for me) And its nice to have coworkers/bosses who own some different models and can tell me their experiences/opinions with them/let me go and shoot them to see.
I Also got to check out one of the Walther 9mm's and i really liked the fit that gun had in my hand as well so that may be ANOTHER model to look into as well. :)


Yay!!
 
Congrats Moo! Take a look at some of the smaller 9mm's out there. I had a Colt Pocket Nine that was actually smaller than the Walther PPK, but carries a more powerful round. Kahr Arms also has some nice easily concealable 9mm's. Either way, glad you finally got the permit!
 
congrats!

I'm not familiar w/ that particular beretta. But, the walther certainly comes highly recommended. I tell you. If you like a 9mm, you can't go wrong w/ glock 19 (for smaller hand size.) sig sauer has some excellent options too.

(I did some checking on google) that beretta does seem like an excellent choice. It looks to be very similar to the mod 92. I feel that the 92 is an excellent pistol. (you'll find there are those who do not.)
 
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